Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Bismark's head was almost pushed up against Xiao Letian's head. He stared at the words on the telegram with his eyes wide open, but how could he recognize this man?

"Late into the night on the last day of the year 1870, the Spanish Main fleet took advantage of the night to sneak an attack on Brunei Bay … Under the fierce counterattack of my valiant fleet of lightning boats and the defense artillery on the shore, the Spanish fleet has been completely annihilated in Brunei Bay … "

"Minister of Residence Xiao Hexin is crying blood as a warning to the leader, Spain has brazenly attacked our territory and massacred our armies and civilians, treating it as if it was an undeclared war. This subject cannot disrespect his mission, so I have no choice but to give the order to retaliate …"

"On the morning of January 1, 1871, we, the Chinese Marines, originally planned to reinforce the Brunei in the middle of the night.

Xiao Letian read out the details of the telegram to Bismark one by one. This Prime Minister Iron-Blood's eyes were opened even wider than a copper bell!

"My God! You've been planning this for a long time! A sea battle broke out in Brunei Bay at night, and they captured the Subik Bay in the morning? Is your army ready? "

Xiao Letian waved his hand: "Respected Prime Minister, didn't I already explain everything clearly?

"Our Marines went to support the Brunei Area's defense. We didn't expect to encounter such a sneak attack, and then, we took a detour to take over the Subik Bay!"

"Since the Spaniard has already declared that they will not fight, can't we change the strategic plan temporarily?"

Bismark laughed helplessly: "I don't know what's happening in Asia, but I have to remind you, you have to do a good job with the chain of proof …. The Spaniard took the initiative to attack Brunei Bay? You really dare to think of such an excuse! "

Xiao Letian looked at Bismark with innocent eyes: "Do you think that my subordinates are lying? Do you think the telegrams are fake? "

"I can only regretfully tell you that the attack on Brunei Bay was real. The Spanish warships have already sunk into the sea. We have captured thousands of prisoners of war. How could it be fake?"

"My God! Is the Governor of the Philippines really a pig? " This time, Bismark was shocked.

Xiao Letian nodded his head, "That's right, the stupid pig, the kind that can be used to make Spanish ham!"

This time, it was Bismark's turn to sigh in admiration. "This is really the national destiny of your Chinese people, we can't even block it …"

Xiao Letian waved the electric newspaper in his hand: "I'm not done yet. Today is the seventh of January. I've been waiting for this telegram for a long time. The message just now was only about the start of the war …"

"On the night of the first day of January, the cavalry of the advance team of the Special team and the Chinese army of the Luzon will gather in the city of San Fernando and defend the one hundred thousand Manila Army against each other …"

"24 hours later, on the night of January 2nd, the Chinese allied forces launched a fierce attack on the Manila defense line. After a whole night of bloody battles …"

"Speak!" What are you buying! " Bismark asked impatiently.

"After a whole night of bloodshed, the Chinese Army had already contributed Manila on the morning of the third day. The General Governor's Mansion had already put up the Chinese banner!"

"Hiss …" Bismark was completely dumbfounded, "Spaniard is actually so weak? "How is this possible …"

"How is that impossible? How can such a colonial army fight against the Chinese army, who was born in the same day, when he was a colonial ruler and his people were perverted to the bone marrow, when he relied on terror to suppress them? "

"If we can't even handle an old army with a rifle in front of them, what's the point of me asking them?"

Xiao Letian said coldly, "During the day, under the lead of the surviving Chinese in Manila, more than ten mass graves were discovered in the concentration camp on the outskirts of the city!"

"Under such bloody and cruel rule, how can the people not rebel! All the Chinese in the Luzon have abandoned the rule of Spain, and this is the self-determination of their people! "

Bismark frowned and thought for a long while before letting out a long sigh, "If what you say is true, then we can really fight this case... But you must remember, the chain of evidence must be real and plentiful, and the other thing is publicity! "

"Diplomacy disputes are actually the same as an ordinary person's fight. Whoever dares to speak louder and have more people on their side will get the upper hand!"

"You're right, for this diplomatic negotiation, I will not give the Spaniard any chances to catch her breath. As for what they have done for the past three hundred years, I will give them all the chance!"

Xiao Letian was too clear on the ugly way of eating between the strong in the modern era, and on the dirty tactics they used to settle diplomatic disputes.

To give a simple example, Japanese's method of resolving the Fire Chase issue of the afternoon war was extremely despicable and disgusting.

The Gao Sheng was a British merchant ship. On July 25, 1894, when the Japanese fleet launched an undeclared assault on both the Jiyuan and Guangyi ships, they even sunk the British merchant ship, the Gao Sheng! This was the famous Gao Sheng incident!

Don't forget that the Gao Sheng was a merchant ship with a British flag. This was a British ship that was hired by Beiyang for money. You, Japan, did not declare war on the Qing Dynasty.

Because Britain is a neutral country. Although my ships have transported troops from the Qing Dynasty, you can't fight. You can shout out threats to force the British ships to return by their original route! How could he blow up and sink?

This was a blatant provocation of international law. At that time, the whole of Britain was in an uproar!

When the tragedy of the Gao Sheng was relayed to Britain, the whole country was in an uproar. The patrol had dispatched the British Far East Fleet's Deputy Commander, Ferriman, from East Asia, to search for the location of the accident, with the intention of questioning the Japanese fleet.

However, what was strange was that the British media and citizens were loudly shouting for revenge against Japan, while Li Hongzhang was also trying his best to join Britain in the war against Japan.

What was going on? The truth was very simple. The Japanese people paid a lot of attention to pragmatism. Their method was simple and crude, and that was to bribe others!

Money is the way, the Japanese diplomats have all become money givers, as long as you can pull the relationship is the way of money!

The Japanese did not have that many messy moral constraints. In order to achieve his goal, he would do anything he could, even asking for money or a woman to give you a woman. If you want me to kneel, I will not stand!

You like flower girls? My daughter isn't bad and my wife is pretty good-looking too. If it really doesn't work out, then my mother will give it to you. As long as I can achieve my goal in the end, then it's fine as long as the benefits are greater than what I've paid!

As long as I earn money in the end, I can use any means I want!

On the one hand to give the politicians money, on the other hand the high salary to bribe the newspaper to start brainwashing the British people!

"When the Ascending ship sank, China and Japan declared war. The captain of the Ascending ship disregarded the threat of war and went to sea to help the army of the Kingdom of Qing, which was what caused this disaster!"

He was just spouting nonsense. The Ascendant had sunk on the 25th of July while the Sun Qing had declared war in August. He had lost all face!